world war ii

His grandfather was a first lieutenant in Pennsylvania during the Civil War. Kenneth Hill joined the Army in November 1943 to serve in WWII.

The career of longtime VA clinician-researcher Dr. Stephen Hunt is inspired by the memory of his father, who fought in World War II, and that of three young men who were killed in Vietnam and were the older brothers of his friends.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Ellwood Lee Frum. Ellwood served during World War II from 1942 to 1945.

Julius Siefring left the Army in 1945 with three Bronze Stars. He returned to Ohio and worked as a school bus driver for 43 years while raising his family.

Henry Andrasovsky joined the Marines six months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. When the US entered the war he joined 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal.

Richard Hackney's aircraft was shot down by German forces. He jumped from the aircraft and deployed his parachute but badly twisted his ankle upon landing.

Lt. Col. Alexander Miguel Roberts served as an Army pilot […]

Ernest Gallego flew 50 missions from Italy and attained the rank of staff sergeant before returning to the United States in August 1945.

The Army initially declined Young-Oak Kim's voluntary enlistment, but later drafted him in January 1941. He was assigned to 442nd Brigade Combat Team.

One of Kendall Fielder's biggest accomplishments was assisting in the formation of a Japanese-American combat battalion called the 100th Battalion

He passed away in 1998. Today, Garlin Conner was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Houssen, France.

In April, 1945, James Free and other POWs from Stalag 17-B were relocated. They marched more than 280 miles in 18 days to a camp outside Braunau, Austria.